What do you do after facing some hard truths about the universe, and the meaninglessness of life in general?
Become a Christian when you discover the evidence that we are living on a young, flat Earth.
I work on myself.
I learn a skill.
I meditate.
I educate myself.
I don't shitpost for 8 hours a day on 4Chan.
just eat good
sleep good
exercise good
get money
fuck bitches
its all really simple
>>74002358
I put a smile on my face and start to live careless life as it was meant to be.
>>74002358
Therapy.
Seriously.
>>74002657
After becoming a nihilist this is literally the next evolution every nihilist takes.
>>74002358
If you're an Ubermensch, you'll just power through on willpower, discipline and pride in your heritage
Otherwise you're just an untermensch
I'm pretty sure I'm a nihilist, and I just don't care.
I don't think there's anything after death, nor do I fear death, so I'm just going along for the right until I don't want to anymore.
>>74002657
just eat money
fuck sleep
exercise bitches
Start lifting
>>74002358
this here
>>74002657
When you realize that life in general has no meaning, you realize that only you can give your life meaning.
>>74002358
Remember about Christ and God and stuff.
Life being meaningless is meaningless. It doesn't matter if it has a meaning or not. I do what feels good.
>>74003395
You do what Mr. Shekelstein tells you to do. Shut the hell up.
>>74003489
Pretty hard projecting there Muhammad.
>>74003489
>>74003819
"Mr. Shekelstein" here. Neither of you are my employees.
>>74002547
>>74002657
>>74002937
>>74003224
Isn't self improvement ultimately also pointless?
I would love to hear your reasoning for it
>>74003819
Go shovel 30 tonnes of snow in May, Antti.
Become a Stoic and understand that although you can't have an effect on the universe doesn't mean it is meaningless. Be the best that you can be and ignore everything else.
>>74002358
I embraced nihilism when I was 12 and now here I am.
>>74004058
It feels good to improve.
That's what matters.
What feels good
And just fapping and shitposting your entire life away doesn'T feel good.
>>74002358
You realize that you do not have the hard truths about the universe. And saying that life is meaningless is just as much of a guess as saying that it does have meaning. You probably referring to some "higher meaning/purpose" because life always has meaning in some form or another. often the people that complain about meaninglessness are just hiding from the real meaning in their personal lives. "Nothing means anything so i dont have to do anything, great!" Great excuse to not get your shit in order. Even if God him self came down from the heaven and spoke directly to you, giving you the answer to the meaning of life, you would still be in your shitty little situation surrounded by the same circumstances, problems and things of "emotional valence" aka "meanings". You would still have your problems, you would still have your dreams, goals, wishes, and so on. And even after having had that question answered the madness of your human soul would not find it sufficient.
You are young, (i am guessing) which means you aren't wise, in fact you are quite ignorant. Thinking you have it figured out only prevents you from learning more. The cynic looks like a fool for the wise. You probably think this sounds stupid , i dont give a fuck. Its true
You need this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGIU0FtXr9o
>>74004705
And this one is even better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGIU0FtXr9o
>the conclusion to nihilism is suicide
Nihilism led me to absurdism. This is the true red pill.
>>74004705
Not OP, but thank you for this.
>>74002358
Accept that you are the only thing that verifiably exists and then continue living as you had because even if nothing inherently matters or truly exists your still trapped in reality as your perception defines it. Maybe focus on what makes you happy, I know seeing people that matter to me happy makes me happy so I work on that a little every day. Besides the only way you can know yourself is through your reflections on others around you so even if your actions contain no inherent value you still feel the repercussions of them as long as you observe reality from your own perspective.
>>74004705
Sounds like bunch of sentimental nonsense to me.
it kind of deals with itself. you get into your 30's and stop giving a shit about anything but making it through the week.
Become traditionalist.
If there's nothing to believe in, then believe in the one thing you know is real: I am. Next question is: Why? And the answer is: because of your ancestry. You are because they where.
Honorer them by serving them.
>>74002358
Embrace it. Learn to manipulate the world to your advantages and interests. Nihilism is the biggest red pill you could ever take.
>>74002358
fuck with everyone that takes it too seriously
yolo
>>74002358
Only you make life meaningless by thinking of this grand cosmic scale, you will only experience things in your surroundings, make your world form around your life style and goals.
>>74004705
Thank you , that was a very interesting thing to watch
>>74002358
Watch these and start believing in ressurection of Jesus Christ:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=A0iDNLxmWVM
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z0tyVdnIU9A
>>74004058
yeah life is pointless. but when you think about it, life doesnt occur very often in the history of the universe. what we experience may be pointless in the end, but im glad i get to experience it at all. it beats nothingness and is a hell of a lot more interesting. instead of seeing life as meaningless, strap in and enjoy the ride. this shit doesnt happen often. also go hiking. actually experience the world
>>74002358
Was the studio for this photo in Hollywood or Langley?
>>74002524
>Become a Christian when you discover the evidence that we are living on a young Earth.
ftfy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhi0qZsPPVI
>>74002358
JUST PARTY HARD!!!
>>74002358
>How to deal with /nihilism/?
You can't, you have to delude yourself to believe there is meaning
>>74015996
>delude yourself
you dont need a meaning to life
>>74015996
With no inherent external meaning it falls to the individual to create his own meaning
>>74018038
Aka deluding yourself
>implying your life is significant
>thinking that this is not pointless
In the end you'll be forgotten, and everything you did won't matter.
>>74003063
And how many times have you watched true detective?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ViOAUNuq58
>>74002358
Become a Stoicist
>>74002358
Admire the beauty of the Universe. Seek to explore it, whatever the cost to yourself.
What I wouldn't give to see that view of Saturn with my own eyes - robots are a pale imitation of ourselves and remotely downloaded pictures are not a substitute for human eyes gazing upon the infinite.
Drink
>>74020503
Or maybe you're the one who's inferior and obsolete? Maybe you're simply unfit to gaze upon the infinite?
Nihilism is silly. Its one of those pits where if u first get there getting out isnt easy. Nihilism is wrong tho. Find god. Look for him and you will find him eventually.
>its another 18 year old babbys first existential crisis thread episode
Look kid, we get this thread everyday. Some guy will post the infographoc so you can delude yourself into thinking your life has a purpose
>>74020766
My ancestor 2 billion years ago was a worm that could only get nutrients from the temperature gradient and chemical environment surrounding a submarine volcanic vent. It didn't even have eyes to see with or a brain to interpret with.
Why shouldn't I strive to reach beyond the mundane and familiar?
>>74002358
>how to deal with nihilism
You don't, cause it doesn't exist. In fact, nothing exists. You're not even here right now.
>>74002358
here is where you and most of nihilists are making a fatal mistake
you say everything is meaningless yet you assign negative meaning to that fact
in fact, if you truly realized everything is meaningless you would achieve the highest state of happiness there is because you would become enlightened
this is what Buddhism teaches
>>74020933
>>74013671
Sorry but i find all the arguments for God silly.
And i have a big authority problem so even if there was a entity that made me look like a ant in comparison. I would refuse to worship it.
>>74018512
I would gladly delude myself.
>>74019986
Is this how i sound like? That was horrible
>>74020503
What if you are just a flesh robot
>>74020636
I value my brain and don't want to damage it, i would rather die than be a alcoholic
>>74014980
I definietly agree
Do you play video games?
If yes, do you think about their purpose?
Life is like a video game anon, figure out that your Self is the player, and your Ego is the character being played.
After that point, the meaninglessness of life won't even matter...
Philosophy goes much deeper than Nihilism, trust me. Read the Kybalion and if you want to go deeper go to /fringe/ on that other chan site.
>>74002358
You live in Poland and you're asking questions like these? You have the pope, the Divine Mercy and you're still looking for answers?
nihilism is easy to start but hard to finish. The point is that you make your own morality. Not turn into an emo kid saying nothing matters.
>>74004058
Going by the nihilistic logic, not self improving is also ultimately pointless. Nothing has any value, therefore nothing is morally higher or lower, so you can really do whatever you want.
>>74021718
No not necessarily. Self improvement has a point in that when you don't self-improve, your quality of life goes down. If you don't believe there is any greater meaning to life, why should you suffer meaninglessly?
>>74021440
Buddhism teaches that the end of suffering is only achieved by eliminating all desire; there we meet the paradox that striving to eliminate all desire is a desire in it's self.
So no - Buddhism is not nihilism.
>>74021570
Fuck did i offend PiS, am i going to jail now?
>>74022059
I am not saying Buddhism is nihilism
but realizing that everything is meaningless is a part of spiritual enlightenment
>>74022007
You're right double-oh, although self improvement does not guarantee hapiness
>>74022089
No, but if you're asking about nihilism I doubt there's a better place than Poland to seek answers to this question. Poland has a unique history, all the worst things in the history of Europe happened here, but also remarkable people came out of that. Just don't limit yourself to your own deliberation or foreign authors, when you have your own rich tradition
>>74002358
>and the meaninglessness of life in general
I'm actual curious, what do you thought life was before?
And how does the meaningless nature of life prevents you from enjoying it?
>>74002358
you give life meaning yourself
>the universe is billions of years old
>crude matter organizes into stars, planets, etc.
>matter then undergoes another huge leap in complexity to form simple life
>life itself then becomes increasingly complex, resulting in human consciousness at an incredibly specific intersection of space and time
nihilism is literally the worst philosophy ever devised
>>74022819
Remember, almost all religions have as their end goal happiness forever/ some physical reward + praising the creator. We acknowedge our existence is not critical to the survival of any other being, and if we are wiped out nothing would really miss us.
>>74022374
I never thought life had any meaning
My memories are sort of behind a fog stinking of determinism and not deliberate decisions.
I think all my life i have been going with the wave
>>74022371
History is riddled with horrible things all over the world, Poland suffered a lot through the ages
Lifes true meaning is reproduction, Every single organism we as a human species consider "life" does it,.It would be naive to believe we humans are any different when it comes to purpose. Your true purpose on this planet is just to spread your genes and securing the human race so it can live on.
>>74002358
What hard truths, that we know shit and that if we keep advancing we may know a lot? I rather keep trying to advance.
>>74002358
Simple get over it. Even if there is a heat death of the universe or a final war we are here now. So just enjoy your life. Meet people see places, enjoy food. So what if it all for nothing. It just a rollercoaster we are on. if you're not enjoying it get off and find another ride.
>>74002358
I find that not being a faggot does wonders
>>74002358
I become the Marlboro Man
>>74002358
Go back to worrying about paying bills, keeping a roof over my head and what I have to do at work tomorrow.
Only NEETs have so much free time and lack of responsibilities to be depressed over this shit.
>>74023056
>History is riddled with horrible things all over the world, Poland suffered a lot through the ages
Poland experienced national socialism and communism. Two worst ideologies. That first one in the most drastic form. I don't know of other country that has a similar experience
But I guess you're just a stubborn, self-righteous bigot, full of prejudices and preliminary assumptions that block any calm and truly open reasoning. In fact your question about PiS indicates that. Better let go of all these negative emotions and preliminary assumptions about the world, because with them, you'll never be able to think rationally, and you're stay a bitter, pseudo-intellectual asshole like the one you are today
I liked the analogy some dude posted on here earlier saying that "life is god playing hide and seek"... basically duality/non-duality is what makes this place tick. God created everything for the purpose of exploring his creation not knowing about himself. This we see in the sense that conciousness/life exists at infite amount of leves. We are one level that has little spirituality and knowledge of the true nature of things. Point is god created everything and is everything.
Right now in this point of spacetime our species are killing the earth because we are ruled by people who dont give a shit about earth. Gg
>>74002358
Sorry but you yourself decided the truth is "harsh"; I don't see it like that. I personally have no issue with accepting that some things just are.
There is one thing that is actually harsh though in my opinion and that is that suffering is a part of life.
>>74023143
I read the "selfish gene" it shaped how i view humanity a lot.
>>74023163
That we are a collection of dumb apes, floating on a tiny rock. In a unthinkably infinite cosmos. That we will never really visit. That our knowledge is constrained by our biology , and ultimately flawed, we are made to survive and reproduce not to think.
That we are our own agents of destruction, that im sure will happen in our lifetime.
I have all humanities knowledge at my finger tips, yet i have to shovel through metric tons of crap filled with agenda and politics
>>74002358
What hard truths?
>>74024839
He's just a fedora atheist who read some Dawkins' trash and thinks he had all the world explained to him
>>74002524
This.
http://pastebin.com/xMQ9wAwW
You can lose your life but life is still gonna carry on. When you die someone is born. Why not risk your life? At least you get to say on your death bed that you did everything you wanted too
>>74002358
You do literally whatever the fuck you want. You could be living at your peak and decide to end life so as to avoid the fall. You could be falling and decide to end it before things get better. You could be at rock bottom and end it because the climb looks like too much work. And you could even end it on the way back up because of latent bad feelings. It's your choice. Whether you end your life or nature does, the result is the same, and you will be so dead that you will not be able to reminisce on anything you've done or experienced. You will not feel at all, you will be totally unconscious, and no repercussions follow you into the grave.
Being dead seems boring. So, I refuse to die. I'm gonna have as much fun as I can before I roll over.
>>74002358
You can always assume axioms and start from scratch. I've assumed that One, God exists and Two, that my genes matter, assuming the former a conservative or family oriented lifestyle is the best possible
>>74002358
Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the ride
[spoiler] Jump off when you get bored. [/spoiler]
>>74002358
Turn to Hedonism.
>>74002358
nihilism is a default consciousness resorts to when it can't handle reality. Look around and study life, it's wild.
>>74002358
There are two ways to deal with the following statement:
> nothing really matters
The first being:
> If nothing matters - what's the point of doing anything?
The second being:
> If nothing matters, why not make the most of it and not give a damn?
I prefer the latter.
You'll never find what you're looking for in a "normal" life. And that's because this life isn't "normal". Everything has been flipped upside down. Men are builders, fighters, and providers. But there's nothing worth building becuase there's no one to build for. Nothing to fight for.
I don't think you'll ever be happy. You can get a good job, a good life, you can go all the way. But it will always be pointless because it's just you. And even if you have a family your whole society is going no where, all around you is going down.
You'll never be happy until you're killing everyone who is against you. Everyone who wants to bring your people down, you'll never be happy until you've killed them all.
>>74007967
Litterally live by this.
I lived nice because my father and his father before him and his father before him. My Family tradition is what I dedicated myself to perserving. In this cruel twisted world. Its a solid truth I have and shall live by.
>>74002358
Maybe you find life meaninglessness because your consciousness is clouded by mortality, that can make you dodge the reality of universe, an how it is infinite and free willed as yourself . Remember that you and me exist is this reality a few years, the universe is calculated in billions years of existence. How can we tell this is the only universe that exists?
>>74029473
you killed them all cell's with all that alcohol
hurr hurr only war makes americans happy
go home america you are drunk again
>>74031006
It must be hard to understand for a country that's been an utter failure for so long.
>>74031488
Oh wait my country flag is not the reflex of what I make of my existence and my actions. And yes human civilization is divided as usual and we face times of crisis .
>>74004705
his opener about neuroscience turned me off right away. idk when this was made but what he says is flat out wrong.
>>74031753
If the people from your country were good then collectively your country would have been.
But it's not. And you're not.
>>74032348
It's not a question of duality only , but the evolution of our minds and universe consciousness, also intelligence . Our dna is mutating and we are having acelaration in technology in past 200 years.
As species we are not matured yet I think but we are aware of the human neanderthal past and the shift to humanoid this is proof of evolution of our species .
>>74002358
go around pissing on people who haven't discovered this already
>>74002547
>I don't shitpost for 8 hours a day on 4Chan.
because you can't. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T.
>if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
